RES: List of Candidates and Last Call for Nominations for NCUC Annual Elections

Sun Sep 13 03:09:18 CEST 2009

Hi everyone: as a last minute addition to our election, I would like to stand as a candidate to be a representative for South America at the NCUC Exec Committee.

Here is a short bio and a small summary of my activities at the NCUC:

Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza

I am currently a GNSO councilor for NCUC (2007-2009), ending my mandate prior to the Seoul meeting. Since I have been elected to the council I have attended all ICANN meetings (LA, Delhi, Paris, Cairo, Mexico City and Sydney) and engaged in a number of activities such as (i) the drafting of statements for NCUC to present at the Council (i.e on the "confusingly similar strings" debate on IDNs), (ii) the drafting our NCSG Charter and the cover letter to the board, (iii) the submission of comments to ICANN in several "public comment periods", such as the recent one on the new GNSO Charters, as well as (iv) the general attendance on GNSO and NCUC calls.

As ICANN´s travel support policy for GNSO Councilors only came to light in the end of my mandate, I would like to mention that my attendance of 100% of the ICANN meetings during the last two years was possible through the generous support of a number of sponsors, such as the Getulio Vargas Foundation, which is institution I work for, Ford Foundation (for the LA meeting) and the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (for the Sydney one). ICANN has supported my flight ticket for the Delhi and Mexico meetings.

I am the vice-coordinator of the Center for Technology and Society (CTS), a research and teaching center established at the law school of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), in Rio de Janeiro. We are one of the leading academic institutions in Brazil to approach a number of issues pertaining to the interplay between law and technology, focusing especially in intellectual property (we represent Creative Commons in Brazil), privacy and general internet governance issues.

I have graduated in law at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and hold a master and a PhD degree in Civil Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). I teach Contract Law and Intellectual Property Law at the graduation course of FGV Law School, as well as Contracts at PUC-Rio. I am also a member of the Commission for the Protection of Consumers in E-Commerce, created by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and member of the Copyright Commission of the Brazilians´ Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro).

At the IGF I have participated in some dynamic coalitions, especially in the former Internet Bill of Rights DC, being one of its founding members and the organizer of a workshop on the topic during last years´ ISummit. At this year´s regional IGF, in Rio, I was the co-chair for the dialogue panel on "Openess". 

Statement of Interest (GNSO)

http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/souza-soi-27nov07.html <http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/souza-soi-27nov07.html> 

CTS/FGV comments on the NCSG Charter

http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/msg00059.html <http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/msg00059.html> 

Best,
Carlos

Vice-coordenador
Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS)
Escola de Direito da Fundação Getulio Vargas/RJ
tel. 55 21 3799-6065
caf at fgv.br

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De: Non-Commercial User Constituency em nome de Robin Gross
Enviada: sáb 12/9/2009 18:33
Para: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Assunto: Fwd: List of Candidates and Last Call for Nominations for NCUC Annual Elections

Please see a few more nominations below from Ángel Sánchez Seoane.   

Please confirm the acceptance of these new nominations today.  Thank you!

Begin forwarded message:

	From: Ángel Sánchez Seoane <angel.sanchez.seoane at gmail.com>
	Date: September 12, 2009 2:24:19 PM PDT
	To: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
	Subject: Re: List of Candidates and Last Call for Nominations for NCUC Annual  Elections

	 Hi everybody! Before close, I want to nominate the following persons:

	 Chair: Jolie Macfie

	 Asia: Fouad Bajwa

	 South América: José Francisco Arce

	 Noth América: Nathaniel James

	 Africa: Hala Essalmawi

	  Europe: Tapani Tarvainen

	  GNSO Council: Rebecca Macckinon, Rafi Dammak and Hannah Miller

	2009/9/12, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>:

		Last Call For Nominations for NCUC Annual Elections!

		Below is the current list (alphabetical) of nominees for the different
		positions available.  (Please tell me (and forgive) if I've missed anyone).

		Nominations will close at midnight tonight (Sat. night - California time).
		Please send additional nominations or changes to this list before then.

		Several of the candidates have already posted a statement or bio to this
		list or this NCUC Election webpage:
		 http://ncdnhc.org/page/elections-1

		NCUC Executive Committee:

		Africa
		Rafik Dammak
		Alex Gakuru
		David Kissoondoyl
		Baudouin Schombe

		Asia
		Horacio Cadiz
		David Cake

		North America:
		Brenden Kuerbis

		Europe:
		Konstantinos Komaitis
		Cedric Laurant

		South America
		Gabriel Pineiro
		Graciela Selaimen

		GNSO Council:
		Konstantinos Komaitis (Europe)
		Wendy Seltzer (North America)
		Rudi Vansnick (Europe)

		NCUC Chair:
		Robin Gross

		NCUC Positions Up for Election This Month

		One Year Term:
		NCUC Executive Committee:
		(1) Chair
		(1) Africa Representative
		(1) Asia Representative
		(1) Europe Representative
		(1) North America Representative
		(1) South America Representative

		Two Year Term:
		NCUC Representative to GNSO Council:
		(1) GNSO Council Seat From Any Geographical Region

		NCUC Election Time-Table:

		4 Sept: Nominations Open NOW
		12 Sept: Nominations Close at Midnight California time
		14 Sept: Voting Begins
		21 Sept: End Vote

		Online elections kindly handled courtesy of Brazilian .nic folks.

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IP JUSTICE
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1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
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